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Oct 5, 2018 · Find out here in our ranking of all four A Star Is Born movies. What each version of A Star Is Born has in common is the story: an immense talent is discovered by an over-the-hill success, they fall in love, she rises to the top as his alcoholism destroys his career, and just as his implosion threatens to take her down with him, he kills ...
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Oct 5, 2018 · ‘A Star Is Born’: THR’s 1937 Review. On April 20, 1937, David O. Selznick premiered 'A Star Is Born,' featuring Janet Gaynor and Fredric March, in Los Angeles.
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Nov 2, 2018 · Gaynor confronts the role with a believable trepid innocence with a thunderous drive to match her fiery red hair. Her wide smile and curious eyes meeting the drunken stupor of Fredric March’s swashbuckling Norman Main. And it isn’t breaking news to report that a memorable screen duet is born.
- Asher Luberto
Oct 4, 2018 · A Star Is Born (1976) After giving a pass to the 1954 version, Kael kept New Yorker readers on their toes by trashing the film as “sentimental, without being convincing for an instant”...
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One of the all-time greats, A Star Is Born (1937) is a classic Hollywood story of power and love and the fickleness of fame. Janet Gaynor has her great talkie role and Fredric March has one of his best as the star-cross lovers, Esther Blodgett and Norman Maine.
When a young actress (Janet Gaynor) arrives in Hollywood with hopes of stardom, a chance encounter places her under the wing of older actor Norman Maine (Fredric March). Adopting the stage name ...
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Mar 25, 2022 · Overall: 4.5/5. William A. Wellman’s original 1937 version of A Star Is Born offers stunning performances, a lush production wonderfully directed, and beautifully restored Technicolor that makes this far and away the best home video version of this classic tale ever issued. Highly recommended!